Hello, this is my first cilvil model. Here is my version of WLA. Enjoy!
That is some beautifully detailed painting you got there.
Fantastic! A really beautiful model - thanks for posting the pics.
Beautifully done. I actually have a real Type IV 42WLA which unfortunately is in the shop at the moment. Very interesting to compare the civilian version - those fenders were unique to the Type VII bikes at close to the wars end, which would make sense for a post-war civilian bike. I wonder though, with war surplus WLAs available for next to nothing, how many of the civilianized versions actually sold?
Hello!
Lookin’ good - reminds me of the model I’ve been thinking to do. You see my pops had a resurected Indian back in the seventies. He sometimes told me about how he had to sell it when I was going to be born. Imagine a young man restoring an American bike in socialist Poland - no parts, almost no paints - that must have been something!
A very nice looking model, great attention to detail - thanks for sharing and have a nice day
Paweł
BEAUTIFUL !
Posed in the right setting, you would swear it was the real thing !
The older bike’s had “SOUL” !
You are a very skilled and talented modeler.
Bought 2 of the Type IV 42WLA at the Army Depot in Phila back in '59 for $50 each in a group deal. All the parts were packed in Cosmoline and had to be cleaned before assembly. I built one and kept the other for parts. Ran perfect for quite a few years before married life with kids pushed me into selling them. Sure wished I had them now. Heard that they could be worth a lot.
Jim [cptn]
Nicely restored WLAs are going for North of $20k these days for a runner.
Beautiful Job!!! ABsolutely looks like a 1:1…
Rudy
WillysMB, That’s the figure I was given. They were both 100% original. Wonder what the unbuilt one would be worth.
A few years later, they had jeeps going for some insanely low amount but they were being sold in group lots too. We couldn’t get enough guys together to swing the deal.
Jim [cptn]